The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 33rd annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”). The year before was atypical, as the Scripter Award went to “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (and author Peter Rock), who were not nominated for the Oscar.
Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars. This year, streaming giant Netflix dominated, with three nominees, including “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,...
Last year’s Scripter winners were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”). The year before was atypical, as the Scripter Award went to “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (and author Peter Rock), who were not nominated for the Oscar.
Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars. This year, streaming giant Netflix dominated, with three nominees, including “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The USC Libraries Scripter Awards honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
- 1/26/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries Scripter Awards honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
- 1/26/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 32nd-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were the exception that prove the rule: “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini were not nominated for the Oscar; they adapted Peter Rock, author of “My Abandonment.”
The year before was more typical, as the Scripter Award went to “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, before 2019 eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts,...
Last year’s Scripter winners were the exception that prove the rule: “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini were not nominated for the Oscar; they adapted Peter Rock, author of “My Abandonment.”
The year before was more typical, as the Scripter Award went to “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, before 2019 eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts,...
- 12/18/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 32nd-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were the exception that prove the rule: “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini were not nominated for the Oscar; they adapted Peter Rock, author of “My Abandonment.”
The year before was more typical, as the Scripter Award went to “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, before 2019 eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts,...
Last year’s Scripter winners were the exception that prove the rule: “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini were not nominated for the Oscar; they adapted Peter Rock, author of “My Abandonment.”
The year before was more typical, as the Scripter Award went to “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, before 2019 eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts,...
- 12/18/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award honored the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based, at a black-tie ceremony on Saturday in the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
Not this year. Amazon Studios’ limited series “A Very English Scandal,” adapted by Russell T Davies from the book by John Preston, took home the USC Libraries Scripter Award for television, which will compete in the 2019 Emmy race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
Not this year. Amazon Studios’ limited series “A Very English Scandal,” adapted by Russell T Davies from the book by John Preston, took home the USC Libraries Scripter Award for television, which will compete in the 2019 Emmy race.
- 2/10/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award honored the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based, at a black-tie ceremony on Saturday in the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
Not this year. Amazon Studios’ limited series “A Very English Scandal,” adapted by Russell T Davies from the book by John Preston, took home the USC Libraries Scripter Award for television, which already competed in the 2018 Emmy race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
Not this year. Amazon Studios’ limited series “A Very English Scandal,” adapted by Russell T Davies from the book by John Preston, took home the USC Libraries Scripter Award for television, which already competed in the 2018 Emmy race.
- 2/10/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Bleecker Street’s Leave No Trace took home the movie prize for best adapted screenplay and Russell T Davies and author John Preston won the TV award for BBC/Amazon’s A Very English Scandal tonight at the 31st annual USC Scripter Awards.
The awards honor the authors of printed works alongside the screenwriters who adapt their stories.
This year’s film honor, which presented to screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, and Peter Rock, whose novel My Abandonment the script was based, will break the Scripter’s eight-year winning streak of winners going on to victory at the Oscars: Leave No Trace can’t win an Academy Award because it wasn’t nominated in the category.
Granik directed the pic, which stars Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie as a military veteran father and his daughter living an unconventional life off-the-grid...
The awards honor the authors of printed works alongside the screenwriters who adapt their stories.
This year’s film honor, which presented to screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, and Peter Rock, whose novel My Abandonment the script was based, will break the Scripter’s eight-year winning streak of winners going on to victory at the Oscars: Leave No Trace can’t win an Academy Award because it wasn’t nominated in the category.
Granik directed the pic, which stars Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie as a military veteran father and his daughter living an unconventional life off-the-grid...
- 2/10/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
“Leave No Trace” has won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best movie adaptation and “A Very English Scandal” took the television award.
“Leave No Trace,” was adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on the 2009 novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock. “A Very English Scandal” was adapted by Russell T. Davies from John Preston’s book.
Granik also directed “Leave No Trace,” which stars Ben Foster as an Iraq War veteran suffering from Ptsd and Thomasin McKenzie as his 13-year-old daughter living in isolation in a public park in Portland, Ore., and then in the trackless woods.
The winners were announced Saturday night at USC’s Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library. “Leave No Trace” topped “Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.
“A Very English Scandal,” which centers on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal of the mid 1970s,...
“Leave No Trace,” was adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on the 2009 novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock. “A Very English Scandal” was adapted by Russell T. Davies from John Preston’s book.
Granik also directed “Leave No Trace,” which stars Ben Foster as an Iraq War veteran suffering from Ptsd and Thomasin McKenzie as his 13-year-old daughter living in isolation in a public park in Portland, Ore., and then in the trackless woods.
The winners were announced Saturday night at USC’s Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library. “Leave No Trace” topped “Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.
“A Very English Scandal,” which centers on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal of the mid 1970s,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“Leave No Trace” has been named 2018’s best page-to-screen adaptation at the 31st Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award ceremony, which took place on the USC campus on Saturday night.
The award is given to both the screenwriters of a film and the author of the work on which the film is based, meaning the Scripter went to writer-director Debra Granik, screenwriter Anne Rosellini and author Peter Rock, who wrote the 2009 novel “Abandonment” from which the film was adapted.
The win was the result of a vote from a selection committee of critics, authors, screenwriters, producers and academics chaired by USC professor and former WGA, West president Howard Rodman. The victory for “Leave No Trace” came as something of a surprise, with the acclaimed indie beating two Oscar nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay, “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Also Read: 'Leave No Trace' Film Review:...
The award is given to both the screenwriters of a film and the author of the work on which the film is based, meaning the Scripter went to writer-director Debra Granik, screenwriter Anne Rosellini and author Peter Rock, who wrote the 2009 novel “Abandonment” from which the film was adapted.
The win was the result of a vote from a selection committee of critics, authors, screenwriters, producers and academics chaired by USC professor and former WGA, West president Howard Rodman. The victory for “Leave No Trace” came as something of a surprise, with the acclaimed indie beating two Oscar nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay, “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Also Read: 'Leave No Trace' Film Review:...
- 2/10/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Leave No Trace and A Very English Scandal on Saturday night took top honors at the 31st annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards, which are bestowed upon the best printed-word-to-film adaptations. Both authors and screenwriters were celebrated, as is custom at the awards, which were handed out at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
In the film category, Leave No Trace (adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from the book My Abandonment by Peter Rock) won over fellow finalists Black Panther (adapted by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole based on Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's original character), Can You Ever ...
In the film category, Leave No Trace (adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from the book My Abandonment by Peter Rock) won over fellow finalists Black Panther (adapted by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole based on Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's original character), Can You Ever ...
- 2/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leave No Trace and A Very English Scandal on Saturday night took top honors at the 31st annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards, which are bestowed upon the best printed-word-to-film adaptations. Both authors and screenwriters were celebrated, as is custom at the awards, which were handed out at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
In the film category, Leave No Trace (adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from the book My Abandonment by Peter Rock) won over fellow finalists Black Panther (adapted by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole based on Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's original character), Can You Ever ...
In the film category, Leave No Trace (adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from the book My Abandonment by Peter Rock) won over fellow finalists Black Panther (adapted by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole based on Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's original character), Can You Ever ...
- 2/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
- 1/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
- 1/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The USC Libraries has unveiled the finalists for the 31st annual Scripter Awards, which honor the year’s best adapted screenplays in film and television along with the works on which they are based. Winners will be announced at a ceremony February 9 at USC’s Doheny Library
This year, a tie in the TV voting resulted in six nominees. Overall, the 2019 Scripter selection committee chose finalists from a field of 90 film and 55 television adaptations.
Last year, the group chose James Ivory’s Call Me By Your Name based on André Aciman original novel on the film side, and Bruce Miller for adapting Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in TV. The latter duo is nominated again this year.
Here’s the full list of this year’s noms:
Film
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Disney...
This year, a tie in the TV voting resulted in six nominees. Overall, the 2019 Scripter selection committee chose finalists from a field of 90 film and 55 television adaptations.
Last year, the group chose James Ivory’s Call Me By Your Name based on André Aciman original novel on the film side, and Bruce Miller for adapting Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in TV. The latter duo is nominated again this year.
Here’s the full list of this year’s noms:
Film
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Disney...
- 1/15/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and “Leave No Trace” have received nominations for the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best movie adaptation.
Due to a tie, six noms were announced on Tuesday in the television category for episodes of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Looming Tower,” “Patrick Melrose,” “Sharp Objects,” and “A Very English Scandal.”
The Scripter Awards, now in their 31st year, honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, along with the works on which they are based. The USC Libraries will announce the winners on Feb. 9 at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
The scripts for “Black Panther,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” received nominations on Jan. 7 for the Writers Guild of America’s adapted screenplay award, along with “A Star Is Born” and “BlacKkKlansman.
Due to a tie, six noms were announced on Tuesday in the television category for episodes of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Looming Tower,” “Patrick Melrose,” “Sharp Objects,” and “A Very English Scandal.”
The Scripter Awards, now in their 31st year, honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, along with the works on which they are based. The USC Libraries will announce the winners on Feb. 9 at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
The scripts for “Black Panther,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” received nominations on Jan. 7 for the Writers Guild of America’s adapted screenplay award, along with “A Star Is Born” and “BlacKkKlansman.
- 1/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Thirty one years after his death, esteemed author James Baldwin has been nominated for his first Hollywood award. Baldwin is now a nominee for the 31st Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, an honor that recognizes both the author of an original work and the writer of its film or television adaptation.
“If Beale Street Could Talk” is one of five films nominated for this year’s Scripter Award, along with “Black Panther,” “Leave No Trace,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In addition to Baldwin and Jenkins for “Beale Street,” the nominated writers are screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole and original character creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for “Black Panther”; screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; screenwriters Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider and graphic novelists Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin for...
“If Beale Street Could Talk” is one of five films nominated for this year’s Scripter Award, along with “Black Panther,” “Leave No Trace,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In addition to Baldwin and Jenkins for “Beale Street,” the nominated writers are screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole and original character creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for “Black Panther”; screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; screenwriters Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider and graphic novelists Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin for...
- 1/15/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
It’s an old story: even as the entertainment industry continues to talk about the importance of diversity and inclusion behind the camera, female filmmakers remain routinely shut out of some of the year’s most high-powered awards. This year, the Golden Globes, the Critics’ Choice Awards, the Directors Guild Awards, and the BAFTAs all failed to nominate a single female director in their Best Director categories.
As predictors of imminent Oscar nominations and a visible gauge of what work is getting affection from voters, the lack of attention paid to these films and creators provides insight into the way the rest of the race is likely to play out. As ever, plenty of films that should be contenders simply won’t be, and that’s a damn shame.
2018 played home to a number of worthy films directed by women, including buzzy offerings from Debra Granik, Tamara Jenkins, and Ramsay,...
As predictors of imminent Oscar nominations and a visible gauge of what work is getting affection from voters, the lack of attention paid to these films and creators provides insight into the way the rest of the race is likely to play out. As ever, plenty of films that should be contenders simply won’t be, and that’s a damn shame.
2018 played home to a number of worthy films directed by women, including buzzy offerings from Debra Granik, Tamara Jenkins, and Ramsay,...
- 1/12/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
With a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating, “Leave No Trace” is one of the year’s most acclaimed films and could bring Debra Granik back to the Oscars. Her last narrative feature, “Winter’s Bone” (2010), scored four nominations including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay for Granik, and acting bids for Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes. Gold Derby recently spoke with Granik and stars Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie about their work on the film.
Based on Peter Rock‘s book “My Abandonment,” the film focuses on an Army vet (Foster) raising his daughter (McKenzie) in the woods of Portland, Or. Granik has always been “curious about … ordinary people in our country who live against the grain,” so she was drawn immediately to this story. “It starts with a mystery about why a family is living undetected in a municipal park and how they managed to do that,” she adds. In approaching that mystery,...
Based on Peter Rock‘s book “My Abandonment,” the film focuses on an Army vet (Foster) raising his daughter (McKenzie) in the woods of Portland, Or. Granik has always been “curious about … ordinary people in our country who live against the grain,” so she was drawn immediately to this story. “It starts with a mystery about why a family is living undetected in a municipal park and how they managed to do that,” she adds. In approaching that mystery,...
- 12/30/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
In 2010, Debra Granik made Winter’s Bone, the film that first showcased the skill of Jennifer Lawrence, who would be Oscar-nominated for her breakthrough performance. Granik returns to narrative eight years on with Leave No Trace, which tells the story of Will and Tom, a father and daughter living an unconventional life off-the-grid in a public park. Granik’s film refuses to moralize, asking questions about non-conforming lifestyles without ever passing judgement on its characters, authored expertly by Ben Foster and newcomer Thomasin McKenzie. She was recently honored with Best Director prizes from La and San Diego critics groups. On a hike along one of Los Angeles’ less-trafficked trails, she explained more.
Where did this all start for you?
I was presented with the novel, My Abandonment. The author is Peter Rock, who’s local to Portland. He’s a regional writer and knows a lot about Portland culture; he includes it in his novels.
Where did this all start for you?
I was presented with the novel, My Abandonment. The author is Peter Rock, who’s local to Portland. He’s a regional writer and knows a lot about Portland culture; he includes it in his novels.
- 12/14/2018
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
“Leave No Trace” indeed seems to have disappeared without a trace from Oscar predictions this season, despite strong pedigree. The indie drama is director Debra Granik‘s first narrative feature since 2010’s “Winter’s Bone,” an Oscar nominee for Best Picture that also earned her a nomination in Best Adapted Screenplay. Like “Winter’s Bone,” “Leave No Trace” earned universal acclaim from critics, maintaining its perfect score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. And yet, the film is virtually missing from almost every predictions list among Oscar prognosticators.
Based on the book “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock, “Leave No Trace” tells the story of Will (Ben Foster) and Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), a father and daughter living in the woods off the grid, who are found by social services and forced to adjust to common society. The bond between Will and Tom is the cornerstone of the film, as they are both...
Based on the book “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock, “Leave No Trace” tells the story of Will (Ben Foster) and Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), a father and daughter living in the woods off the grid, who are found by social services and forced to adjust to common society. The bond between Will and Tom is the cornerstone of the film, as they are both...
- 11/25/2018
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Ben Foster only knows one way of working. After working in Hollywood for over two decades, the rare child actor who managed to find his way to a compelling adult career has been reaping the rewards of long-term commitment. In recent years, that has included an Independent Spirit Award for his turn in “Hell or High Water,” a continued relationship with his most cherished directors, and a sustained level of intensity that might exhaust other actors but only seems to keep Foster more tuned in. He buries himself in performances to a point where, as he describes it, he’s not even acting in a traditional sense.
“For my job, the goal is to learn the thing, and then do the thing, and do it, and do it, and do it over and over until I don’t think about it,” Foster said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “You...
“For my job, the goal is to learn the thing, and then do the thing, and do it, and do it, and do it over and over until I don’t think about it,” Foster said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “You...
- 11/22/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“Leave No Trace” director Debra Granik is always “curious about … ordinary people in our country who live against the grain,” she tells Gold Derby, so the Oscar-nominated filmmaker was drawn immediately to Peter Rock‘s book “My Abandonment,” which focuses on an Army vet (Ben Foster) raising his daughter (Thomasin McKenzie) in the woods of Portland, Or.
“It starts with a mystery about why a family is living undetected in a municipal park and how they managed to do that,” she adds. In approaching that mystery, Granik hoped to discover “the why and how.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See Ben Foster (‘Leave No Trace’): ‘I was very tenderized to the idea of parenthood’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
“He was living in a way that he could function pretty highly,” she explains about her central character’s struggle with Ptsd. “I felt like he was in a hurry, almost, to teach everything...
“It starts with a mystery about why a family is living undetected in a municipal park and how they managed to do that,” she adds. In approaching that mystery, Granik hoped to discover “the why and how.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See Ben Foster (‘Leave No Trace’): ‘I was very tenderized to the idea of parenthood’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
“He was living in a way that he could function pretty highly,” she explains about her central character’s struggle with Ptsd. “I felt like he was in a hurry, almost, to teach everything...
- 11/7/2018
- by Zach Laws and Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Writer/director Debra Granik, whose 2010 art-house hit Winter’S Bone introduced us to Jennifer Lawrence, has far less success with her follow-up Leave No Trace, a plodding and forgettable war-at-home drama. Ben Foster stars as Will, an Iraq vet who’s given up on a conventional lifestyle and lives in the woods, away from the burdens of civilization. Though the audience is given few details about his past, it’s clear Will and his other forest-dwelling friends suffer from Ptsd and just want to be left alone. The problem is Will has his 15-year old daughter Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) living out there with him, and though he may want to raise his daughter his own way, the authorities have other ideas. Will is a decent teacher for his daughter, teaching Tom to fend for herself in the wild and she is being educated, but what she’s lacking is any peer companionship.
- 7/6/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Winter’s Bone director on Kate McKinnon’s Rudy Giuliani impressions, the breadmaker’s art and her favourite cinema
Film director Debra Granik was born in 1963 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her first film, Snake Feed, made while she was still a student at New York University, won the award for best short at Sundance in 1998. She has since made two feature films, including 2010’s Winter’s Bone, which launched lead actor Jennifer Lawrence’s career and earned her an Academy Award nomination. Her follow-up, Leave No Trace, is adapted from Peter Rock’s novel, My Abandonment, which tells the story of an army veteran father and his daughter and their survivalist existence in the rural outskirts of Portland, Oregon. It’s out now.
Film director Debra Granik was born in 1963 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her first film, Snake Feed, made while she was still a student at New York University, won the award for best short at Sundance in 1998. She has since made two feature films, including 2010’s Winter’s Bone, which launched lead actor Jennifer Lawrence’s career and earned her an Academy Award nomination. Her follow-up, Leave No Trace, is adapted from Peter Rock’s novel, My Abandonment, which tells the story of an army veteran father and his daughter and their survivalist existence in the rural outskirts of Portland, Oregon. It’s out now.
- 7/1/2018
- by Ammar Kalia
- The Guardian - Film News
It's risky calling a movie a work of art – the phrase can make audiences think they'll be taking medicine, swallowing something good for them when they'd rather be gorging on multiplex junk food. But there's no better term to describe the urgency and unbridled emotion of Leave No Trace. You don't just watch it as much as you absorb it until the film's ebb and flow become a part of you.
Writer-director Debra Granik's previous two fiction films are stripped-down versions of survival dramas with women at the forefront:...
Writer-director Debra Granik's previous two fiction films are stripped-down versions of survival dramas with women at the forefront:...
- 6/29/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Filmmaker Debra Granik made a splash at the start of this decade with Winter’s Bone and she finally returns to theaters with her Sundance debut Leave No Trace with Ben Foster and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. Bleecker Street hopes to replicate the box office success of Granik’s previous feature, which helped catapult the career of Jennifer Lawrence. The company is taking Leave No Trace in a number of cities this weekend. Jessica Chastain stars in A24’s Woman Walks Ahead, based on a true story. The feature was written by Who Wants to Be a Millionaire creator Steven Knight. Neon is heading out with Sundance doc Three Identical Strangers, hoping to tap some of the nonfiction success of fellow documentaries Rbg and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, both of which also debuted at the festival. And Fip is sending out bio-drama Sanju in 355 North American theaters this weekend,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a fair amount of pressure on Debra Granik’s new indie: Every film she’s taken to Sundance has been a winner, starting with her short “Snake Feed” in 1998. In 2004, her celebrated drama “Down to the Bone” brought awards for both her and then-up-and-coming actress Vera Farmiga. And 2010’s “Winter’s Bone” went on to earn four Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture and another for the film’s little-known lead, Jennifer Lawrence.
So yeah, comparisons will be made. But are they fair? Not really. It would be unlikely for any director to achieve the same sort of commercial triumph twice in a row. But it would also be understandably tempting to try.
So kudos to this subtle and intelligent filmmaker, for avoiding the enticement to lock in awards by hitting easy targets. Even the title is suggestive of Granik’s restrained approach: “Leave No Trace” is gentle and intimate and personal,...
So yeah, comparisons will be made. But are they fair? Not really. It would be unlikely for any director to achieve the same sort of commercial triumph twice in a row. But it would also be understandably tempting to try.
So kudos to this subtle and intelligent filmmaker, for avoiding the enticement to lock in awards by hitting easy targets. Even the title is suggestive of Granik’s restrained approach: “Leave No Trace” is gentle and intimate and personal,...
- 6/28/2018
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
After “Winter’s Bone” received four Oscar nominations, including one for then-discovery Jenifer Lawrence, nobody thought it would take eight years for Debra Granik’s next feature to hit screens — except maybe Debra Granik. She knows her movies are about people who aren’t easy to see.
“Not everyone is assigned the same beat,” Granik said in Cannes, where “Leave No Trace” played Directors Fortnight. “I happen to be more on the periphery. Not everyone can do the same five zip codes. American film isn’t just film and glamor and fame and the lives of people who are fortunate financially. Those aren’t the only stories in this vast nation. That’s my mandate.”
Granik, who made her debut in 2004 with “Down To the Bone,” developed a number of promising projects that never came to fruition. Among them were “American High Life,” a semi-autobiographical HBO series created by writer...
“Not everyone is assigned the same beat,” Granik said in Cannes, where “Leave No Trace” played Directors Fortnight. “I happen to be more on the periphery. Not everyone can do the same five zip codes. American film isn’t just film and glamor and fame and the lives of people who are fortunate financially. Those aren’t the only stories in this vast nation. That’s my mandate.”
Granik, who made her debut in 2004 with “Down To the Bone,” developed a number of promising projects that never came to fruition. Among them were “American High Life,” a semi-autobiographical HBO series created by writer...
- 6/26/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
After “Winter’s Bone” received four Oscar nominations, including one for then-discovery Jenifer Lawrence, nobody thought it would take eight years for Debra Granik’s next feature to hit screens — except maybe Debra Granik. She knows her movies are about people who aren’t easy to see.
“Not everyone is assigned the same beat,” Granik said in Cannes, where “Leave No Trace” played Directors Fortnight. “I happen to be more on the periphery. Not everyone can do the same five zip codes. American film isn’t just film and glamor and fame and the lives of people who are fortunate financially. Those aren’t the only stories in this vast nation. That’s my mandate.”
Granik, who made her debut in 2004 with “Down To the Bone,” developed a number of promising projects that never came to fruition. Among them were “American High Life,” a semi-autobiographical HBO series created by writer...
“Not everyone is assigned the same beat,” Granik said in Cannes, where “Leave No Trace” played Directors Fortnight. “I happen to be more on the periphery. Not everyone can do the same five zip codes. American film isn’t just film and glamor and fame and the lives of people who are fortunate financially. Those aren’t the only stories in this vast nation. That’s my mandate.”
Granik, who made her debut in 2004 with “Down To the Bone,” developed a number of promising projects that never came to fruition. Among them were “American High Life,” a semi-autobiographical HBO series created by writer...
- 6/26/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Leave No Trace Bleecker Street Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Debra Granik Screenwriter: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini based on Peter Rock’s novel “My Abandonment” Cast: Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey Screened at: Park Ave., NYC, 4/26/18 Opens: June 29, 2018 A well-researched facet of child psychology states that little girls from […]
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- 6/24/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
From the makers behind Winter’s Bone comes a new trailer for the moody, mysterious and mesmerizing exploration of an unexpected existence on the edge in Leave No Trace. Read our review from Cannes here.
Based on the novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock, the film is directed by Debra Granik and stars Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Dale Dickey and Jeff Kober.
Also in trailers – Woody Harrelson and James Marsden cut through the fake news in trailer for Shock and Awe
The film is out in cinemas June 29.
Leave No Trace Official Synopsis
A teenage girl (breakout newcomer Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) and her father (Ben Foster) have lived undetected for years in Forest Park, a vast woods on the edge of Portland, Oregon. A chance encounter leads to their discovery and removal from the park and into the charge of a social service agency. They try to adapt to...
Based on the novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock, the film is directed by Debra Granik and stars Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Dale Dickey and Jeff Kober.
Also in trailers – Woody Harrelson and James Marsden cut through the fake news in trailer for Shock and Awe
The film is out in cinemas June 29.
Leave No Trace Official Synopsis
A teenage girl (breakout newcomer Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) and her father (Ben Foster) have lived undetected for years in Forest Park, a vast woods on the edge of Portland, Oregon. A chance encounter leads to their discovery and removal from the park and into the charge of a social service agency. They try to adapt to...
- 5/21/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Making its international premiere in Directors’ Fortnight, Debra Granik’s acclaimed Sundance title Leave No Trace left many veteran festivalgoers wondering why so many inferior films had managed to leapfrog it into the Official Selection. Told with great narrative economy, and featuring two sublime performances, the film charts the experiences of a teenage girl (talented newcomer Thomasin McKenzie), who grows tired of the peripatetic lifestyle she leads with her survivalist father (Ben Foster), a Pstd-suffering army veteran.
Interestingly, the follow-up to 2010 indie hit Winter’s Bone was also based on a pre-existing property. “My producing partner and I were shown a novel we really liked,” she told Deadline, appearing in studio at Cannes. “It was called My Abandonment by Peter Rock, and we enjoyed reading it. Enjoyed imagining [it]. The first pass is in the brain, right? So, you read something and conjure the landscape that’s described. There was a...
Interestingly, the follow-up to 2010 indie hit Winter’s Bone was also based on a pre-existing property. “My producing partner and I were shown a novel we really liked,” she told Deadline, appearing in studio at Cannes. “It was called My Abandonment by Peter Rock, and we enjoyed reading it. Enjoyed imagining [it]. The first pass is in the brain, right? So, you read something and conjure the landscape that’s described. There was a...
- 5/19/2018
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The acclaimed director of Winter’s Bone has spent her career looking for exceptional people – both real and fictional – who don’t fit in. It’s a theme that runs deep in her new movie, Leave No Trace, about a father and daughter living in the Oregon forest
It feels fitting that the arrival of Debra Granik coincides with a rare downpour at Cannes. The director’s rough-hewn films are as detached from the aspirational sheen of Cannes as is possible, all muted greys and greens. Granik’s focus is on life in the margins, not the limelight – the daily struggle of the Americans who are not quite getting by. In her debut, Down to the Bone, it was a supermarket bagger and single mum scarred by a lifetime of cocaine abuse, played by Vera Farmiga. Then came the Oscar-nominated Winter’s Bone, a harrowing yet ultimately hopeful tale of poverty,...
It feels fitting that the arrival of Debra Granik coincides with a rare downpour at Cannes. The director’s rough-hewn films are as detached from the aspirational sheen of Cannes as is possible, all muted greys and greens. Granik’s focus is on life in the margins, not the limelight – the daily struggle of the Americans who are not quite getting by. In her debut, Down to the Bone, it was a supermarket bagger and single mum scarred by a lifetime of cocaine abuse, played by Vera Farmiga. Then came the Oscar-nominated Winter’s Bone, a harrowing yet ultimately hopeful tale of poverty,...
- 5/17/2018
- by Gwilym Mumford
- The Guardian - Film News
Debra Granik arrives in Cannes in the Directors Fortnight section with her silent but strong follow-up feature to Winter’s Bone. Like the previous film, Leave No Trace has a young female protagonist who has excellent survival skills and both are in a rural setting, at least superficially.
Based on Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment, the story is about a thirteen-year-old girl, Tom (Thomasin McKenzie), and her father Bill (Ben Foster). They live in a nature park in Oregon and are a self-sufficient unit: they have a little kitchen garden, plenty of hidey holes and excellent knife skills. The first two films that come to mind are Captain Fantastic, in which we see a father bringing up his children in the back end of beyond, and Hanna, with the father-daughter duo practising their essential survival training. Yet unlike those movies, this film is neither mawkish nor violent. It is...
Based on Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment, the story is about a thirteen-year-old girl, Tom (Thomasin McKenzie), and her father Bill (Ben Foster). They live in a nature park in Oregon and are a self-sufficient unit: they have a little kitchen garden, plenty of hidey holes and excellent knife skills. The first two films that come to mind are Captain Fantastic, in which we see a father bringing up his children in the back end of beyond, and Hanna, with the father-daughter duo practising their essential survival training. Yet unlike those movies, this film is neither mawkish nor violent. It is...
- 5/16/2018
- by Jo-Ann Titmarsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Debra Granik’s complex study of an army vet and his daughter living in a vast public park is the film Captain Fantastic should have been
Debra Granik is the exceptional film-maker who directed Winter’s Bone in 2010, launching the career of Jennifer Lawrence, and now she returns with this deeply intelligent, complex, finely tuned and observed movie, adapted by Granik and her screenwriting partner, Anne Rosellini, from the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock. Their new title alludes the rules of respect and care for the environment promoted by ecological campaigners: to minimise human impact on nature.
Weirdly, this film initially reminded me of a fatuous and naive (and bafflingly overpraised) film called Captain Fantastic, which features Viggo Mortensen as a charismatic, disciplinarian dad who has taken his children to live with him in the wilderness. Leave No Trace is everything that that movie should have been: careful, realistic,...
Debra Granik is the exceptional film-maker who directed Winter’s Bone in 2010, launching the career of Jennifer Lawrence, and now she returns with this deeply intelligent, complex, finely tuned and observed movie, adapted by Granik and her screenwriting partner, Anne Rosellini, from the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock. Their new title alludes the rules of respect and care for the environment promoted by ecological campaigners: to minimise human impact on nature.
Weirdly, this film initially reminded me of a fatuous and naive (and bafflingly overpraised) film called Captain Fantastic, which features Viggo Mortensen as a charismatic, disciplinarian dad who has taken his children to live with him in the wilderness. Leave No Trace is everything that that movie should have been: careful, realistic,...
- 5/13/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Debra Granik, the director and Oscar-nominated writer of the Oscar best picture contender Winter’s Bone (2011), is giving the nonconformists of the world their chance to shine in her new film, Leave No Trace.
Based on Peter Rock’s 2009 novel My Abandonment, Granik’s new drama is a heartfelt account of a 13-year-old girl (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) and her restless father (Ben Foster) who live off the grid in a public park outside Portland, Oregon.
The father, Will, is a war veteran struggling with post-traumatic stress, anxious to escape the world and his demons. Meanwhile, Tom is a young girl ...
Based on Peter Rock’s 2009 novel My Abandonment, Granik’s new drama is a heartfelt account of a 13-year-old girl (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) and her restless father (Ben Foster) who live off the grid in a public park outside Portland, Oregon.
The father, Will, is a war veteran struggling with post-traumatic stress, anxious to escape the world and his demons. Meanwhile, Tom is a young girl ...
- 5/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Debra Granik, the director and Oscar-nominated writer of the Oscar best picture contender Winter’s Bone (2011), is giving the nonconformists of the world their chance to shine in her new film, Leave No Trace.
Based on Peter Rock’s 2009 novel My Abandonment, Granik’s new drama is a heartfelt account of a 13-year-old girl (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) and her restless father (Ben Foster) who live off the grid in a public park outside Portland, Oregon.
The father, Will, is a war veteran struggling with post-traumatic stress, anxious to escape the world and his demons. Meanwhile, Tom is a young girl ...
Based on Peter Rock’s 2009 novel My Abandonment, Granik’s new drama is a heartfelt account of a 13-year-old girl (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie) and her restless father (Ben Foster) who live off the grid in a public park outside Portland, Oregon.
The father, Will, is a war veteran struggling with post-traumatic stress, anxious to escape the world and his demons. Meanwhile, Tom is a young girl ...
- 5/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Debra Granik likes to take her time. Since her first, award-winning short, Snake Feed, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998, the 55-year-old director has made just three features and a doc in the intervening 20 years. Indeed, in the gap between her latest movie and the last, Winter’s Bone, Granik has seen that film’s breakout star, Jennifer Lawrence, win an Oscar and get nominated for three more.
Making its international premiere in Directors’ Fortnight, the new film, Leave No Trace, stars Ben Foster as an army veteran who lives a nomadic existence with his teenage daughter (a terrific performance from newcomer Thomasin McKenzie). Unusually for Granik, the project was not self-generated.
“Two producers gave it to us,” she says. “They had loved the story—the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock—and then passed it [to us]. They asked me and my producing partner—she’s someone I write with as well,...
Making its international premiere in Directors’ Fortnight, the new film, Leave No Trace, stars Ben Foster as an army veteran who lives a nomadic existence with his teenage daughter (a terrific performance from newcomer Thomasin McKenzie). Unusually for Granik, the project was not self-generated.
“Two producers gave it to us,” she says. “They had loved the story—the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock—and then passed it [to us]. They asked me and my producing partner—she’s someone I write with as well,...
- 5/10/2018
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Leave No Trace Trailer
Debra Granik‘s Leave No Trace (2018) movie trailer stars Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Dana Millican, Jeff Kober, and Dale Dickey. Leave No Trace‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Peter Rock, “Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the [...]
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Debra Granik‘s Leave No Trace (2018) movie trailer stars Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Dana Millican, Jeff Kober, and Dale Dickey. Leave No Trace‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Peter Rock, “Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the [...]
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- 4/29/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Exclusive: Leave No Trace was acquired by Bleecker Street at Sundance this year, and now we are getting a first-look trailer for the film that stars Ben Foster and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. Directed by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone) the film was adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini from the Peter Rock novel My Abandonment. It opens June 29.
Granik’s 2010 film Winter’s Bone, which was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, launched Jennifer Lawrence’s career. This time the attention is on Harcourt McKenzie. This film has gotten rave reviews, and critics are doing the comparisons already, saying this is the breakout role for the young actress. Granik certainly can find and nurture talent.
The film follows a guy named Will (played by Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Harcourt McKenzie), who have lived off the grid for years in the forests around Portland, Or. When their idyllic life is shattered,...
Granik’s 2010 film Winter’s Bone, which was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, launched Jennifer Lawrence’s career. This time the attention is on Harcourt McKenzie. This film has gotten rave reviews, and critics are doing the comparisons already, saying this is the breakout role for the young actress. Granik certainly can find and nurture talent.
The film follows a guy named Will (played by Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Harcourt McKenzie), who have lived off the grid for years in the forests around Portland, Or. When their idyllic life is shattered,...
- 4/26/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Bleecker Street has acquired the North American rights to Ben Foster’s “Leave No Trace” at the Sundance Film Festival, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
Debra Granik directed from a screenplay she wrote with Anne Rosellini, based on the novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock. Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Kober and Dale Dickey also star.
Rosellini, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman are producers. The film had its premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in the Premieres section.
The film follows Will (Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (McKenzie), who...
Debra Granik directed from a screenplay she wrote with Anne Rosellini, based on the novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock. Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Kober and Dale Dickey also star.
Rosellini, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman are producers. The film had its premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in the Premieres section.
The film follows Will (Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (McKenzie), who...
- 1/26/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Bleecker Street has acquired North American distribution rights to Debra Granik's Leave No Trace, which had its world premiere last weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. Bron Studios and Topic Studios were behind the film, which Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman and Anne Rosellini produced. Based on Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment, the pic revolves around Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), who have lived off the grid for years in…...
- 1/26/2018
- Deadline
Buyer lands second selection after Colette.
Bleecker Street has closed its second acquisition of Sundance, acquiring North American rights to Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone follow-up Leave No Trace.
Granik and Anne Rosellini adapted the Premieres selection from Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment. The drama stars Ben Foster and newcomer Harcourt McKenzie as a father and daughter living off the grid in the forests of Portland, Oregon, who embark on a journey back to their wilderness homeland when both are placed into social services.
Bron and Topic Studios backed the film, which Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman and Anne Rosellini produced.
Bleecker Street’s Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy brokered the deal with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
Earlier in the festival Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions took all international rights to Leave No Trace excluding France.
Bleecker Street and 30West paid mid-seven figures for Wash Westmoreland’s Colette starring Keira Knightley.
Bleecker Street has closed its second acquisition of Sundance, acquiring North American rights to Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone follow-up Leave No Trace.
Granik and Anne Rosellini adapted the Premieres selection from Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment. The drama stars Ben Foster and newcomer Harcourt McKenzie as a father and daughter living off the grid in the forests of Portland, Oregon, who embark on a journey back to their wilderness homeland when both are placed into social services.
Bron and Topic Studios backed the film, which Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman and Anne Rosellini produced.
Bleecker Street’s Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy brokered the deal with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
Earlier in the festival Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions took all international rights to Leave No Trace excluding France.
Bleecker Street and 30West paid mid-seven figures for Wash Westmoreland’s Colette starring Keira Knightley.
- 1/26/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions bought international on Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace. The deal excludes North America. Endeavor Content sold it. Ben Foster and newcomer Harcourt McKenzie star as father and daughter who have chosen to live outside domesticated society in the Oregon woods. They are soon discovered by the authorities and social services and are forced to adapt to new surroundings. Pic is based on Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment, with a script by…...
- 1/21/2018
- Deadline
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired all international rights to Debra Granik's Leave No Trace.
The film is a haunting father-daughter story featuring Ben Foster and newcomer Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, presented by Bron Creative and Topic Studios.
Based on Peter Rock's novel My Abandonment, the film revolves around a teenage girl (Harcourt McKenzie) and her father (Foster) who have lived undetected for years in Forest Park, a vast woods on the edge of Portland, Oregon. A chance encounter leads to their discovery and removal from the park and into the charge of a social service agency. They try to adapt...
The film is a haunting father-daughter story featuring Ben Foster and newcomer Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, presented by Bron Creative and Topic Studios.
Based on Peter Rock's novel My Abandonment, the film revolves around a teenage girl (Harcourt McKenzie) and her father (Foster) who have lived undetected for years in Forest Park, a vast woods on the edge of Portland, Oregon. A chance encounter leads to their discovery and removal from the park and into the charge of a social service agency. They try to adapt...
- 1/21/2018
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Debra Granik is drawn to stories about survivors — stories about people who don’t fit into the one that America likes to tell itself, but are no less valuable for that. They live in the margins, far removed from the capitalistic power of what Ken Kesey once called the Combine. Some of them, like the destitute 17-year-old Jennifer Lawrence played in “Winter’s Bone,” were simply born there. Others, like the tender but troubled Vietnam vet at the heart of Granik’s 2014 documentary “Stray Dog,” have been too close to the big machine, and can’t stomach the idea of going anywhere near it again.
The terse and wary father in Granik’s latest film most definitely falls into the latter category. In fact, that’s all we really know about him. A man as humble and inscrutably compassionate as the movie around him, Will (Ben Foster) doesn’t like...
The terse and wary father in Granik’s latest film most definitely falls into the latter category. In fact, that’s all we really know about him. A man as humble and inscrutably compassionate as the movie around him, Will (Ben Foster) doesn’t like...
- 1/21/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The end of the year is often seen as a time when awards season gains momentum and critics produce their top 10 lists, but for much of the film industry, it’s also the first big preview of 2018 movies. Thanks to the Sundance Film Festival lineup, which in January will include 110 movies from 29 countries, a fresh crop of films to talk about have just been announced, many of which are certain to continue generating conversations throughout the year.
However, the Sundance program takes its time to gather buzz, and it’s not always obvious which movies deserve the most attention right off the bat. So here’s our annual attempt to take a first crack at some of the surprises and hidden gems in the lineup, with some input from Sundance director John Cooper and director of programming Trevor Groth. We’re as excited as anyone to see Paul Dano’s...
However, the Sundance program takes its time to gather buzz, and it’s not always obvious which movies deserve the most attention right off the bat. So here’s our annual attempt to take a first crack at some of the surprises and hidden gems in the lineup, with some input from Sundance director John Cooper and director of programming Trevor Groth. We’re as excited as anyone to see Paul Dano’s...
- 11/29/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Jeff Kober (Sully) has come aboard Debra Granik’s drama My Abandonment, joining Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie. Granik and Anne Rosellini adapted the screenplay based on Peter Rock's novel of the same name. It follows 13-year-old Caroline (McKenzie) and her father Will (Foster) who, living in Forest Park, are plucked from their hidden world and must embark on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own. Kober will play Mr. Walters…...
- 5/4/2017
- Deadline
Seven years after making waves with Winter’s Bone, director Debra Granik has finally found her next narrative feature. Following the documentary Stray Dog, she’ll be directing My Abandonment. Once set to star Casey Affleck, Hell or High Water star Ben Foster will now step into the lead role, alongside Thomasin McKenzie, according to THR. Scripted by the director and Anne Rosellini, based on Peter Rock‘s book, it follows the actors as father and daughter living in a temperate rainforest around Portland, Oregon. After a run-in with the authorities causes them to be displaced, they are on the search for a new home.
Ever since her pitch-perfect dark comedy The Voices a few years back, we’ve been waiting for Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi to announce her next project, and now the day has come. This fall she’ll be directing an adaptation of Lauren Redniss‘ graphic novel Radioactive,...
Ever since her pitch-perfect dark comedy The Voices a few years back, we’ve been waiting for Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi to announce her next project, and now the day has come. This fall she’ll be directing an adaptation of Lauren Redniss‘ graphic novel Radioactive,...
- 2/23/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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